Re: [PATCH] docs/system: Deprecate raspi2/raspi3 machine aliases

[Peter Krempa]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 10:21:21 +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Since commit aa35ec2213b ("hw/arm/raspi: Use more
> specific machine names") the raspi2/raspi3 machines
> have been renamed as raspi2b/raspi3b.
> 
> As more Raspberry Pi 2/3 models are emulated, in order
> to avoid confusion deprecate the raspi2/raspi3 machine
> aliases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
>  docs/system/deprecated.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> index 905628f3a0c..f0c7aaeb2ff 100644
> --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> @@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ This machine has been renamed ``fuloong2e``.
>  These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live 
> migration
>  from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
>  
> +Raspberry Pi ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines (since 5.2)
> +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +These machines have been respectively renamed ``raspi2b`` and ``raspi3b``.
> +

libvirt doesn't do any interpretation for these machine types, so we
don't need to add any compatibility. Obviously users of these machine
types might end up with broken configs if they were using them, but
that's qemu's decision.

On behalf of libvirt:

ACKed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>